Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
3940
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/08/1953
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
The Fountain
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Caernarfon
Easting
248124
Northing
362668
Street Side
Location
In the centre of the street at the junction with Pool Lane.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Erected in 1868 to celebrate the completion of a new Water Works and therefore the improved supply of water to the town. The fountain was originally set up in Castle Square, where it had an outer basin. On this basin was an inscription: 'This fountain was opened April 25th 1868 by HRH Albert Edward Prince of Wales on the occasion of the completion of the Carnarvon Waterworks'.
Exterior
A freestone fountain comprising a basin with an octagonal concrete base and stem, the latter with blind Gothic panels, beneath a wide shallow basin with fluted head.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest and as a well-detailed piece of street furniture, notwithstanding its incompleteness.
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